Essays: Moral, Political and AestheticD. Appleton, 1888 - 428 páginas |
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... expression used , no such mistake can be made . The word " black , " indi- cating an abstract quality , arouses no definite idea . It simply prepares the mind for conceiving some object of that colour ; and the attention is kept ...
... expression used , no such mistake can be made . The word " black , " indi- cating an abstract quality , arouses no definite idea . It simply prepares the mind for conceiving some object of that colour ; and the attention is kept ...
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... expressions of the speaker , as the objection assumes , he could hardly foresee the end of a sentence by the time it was half delivered : yet this constantly hap pens . Were the supposition true , the mind , instead of anticipating ...
... expressions of the speaker , as the objection assumes , he could hardly foresee the end of a sentence by the time it was half delivered : yet this constantly hap pens . Were the supposition true , the mind , instead of anticipating ...
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... expressions most nearly related in thought shall be brought the closest together . Evidently the single words , the minor clauses , and the leading divisions of every proposi tion , severally qualify each other . The longer the time ...
... expressions most nearly related in thought shall be brought the closest together . Evidently the single words , the minor clauses , and the leading divisions of every proposi tion , severally qualify each other . The longer the time ...
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... expression adopted by the savage , as in " Water , give me , " is the simplest type of the approximate arrangement . In pleonasms , which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated , the came essential structure is seen ; as , for ...
... expression adopted by the savage , as in " Water , give me , " is the simplest type of the approximate arrangement . In pleonasms , which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated , the came essential structure is seen ; as , for ...
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... expression , the effect of which has the same cause . The occasional increase of force produced by Metony- my may be similarly accounted for . " The low morality of the bar , " is a phrase both more brief and significant than the ...
... expression , the effect of which has the same cause . The occasional increase of force produced by Metony- my may be similarly accounted for . " The low morality of the bar , " is a phrase both more brief and significant than the ...
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